Cuff and sleeve protector.



PATENTED OCT. 2, 1906.

C. H. OVERMAN. CUFF AND SLEEVE PROTECTOR.

APPLIOATIOK FILED JULYB. 1905.

INVENTOR Clinton/J1. Uyerm an;

WITNESSES:

ATTORNE 8 UNITED STATE S CLINTON H. OYERMAN, OF MARION, INDIANA.

CUFF AND SLEEVE PROTECTOR- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application filed July 3,1905. Serial No. 268,816.

To all whom, it may concern:

proved Cull and Sleeve Protector, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptlon.

My invention relates to adevice for pro tecting cuffs and sleeves while washing the hands or placing them in water for any other purpose.

It is designed for attachment to the wrist of the person using it and is provided with means for engaging the cuff or sleeve and holding it in an elevated position while the hands are being used in anv manner that v. ould tend to soil or wet the sleeves.

Reference 18 to he had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the method of using the device. 2 is a plan of an article constructed in accordance with the principle of my invention, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same.

The device is preferably formed of a single piece of wire that may be made in any convenient manner. It is provided with a curved body a, from which a pair of arms b extend in a general outward direction, so as to form a curve substantially continuous with the curve of the body, which will receive the wrist or forearm of the user. These arms then extend inwardly, as shown at 1), toward each other, so as to form a grip for the arm and hold the device on the arm. Being made of resilient material, they serve the purpose of supporting the device in the position in which it is used. Beyond this point the arms extend outwardly again, as shown at b so that they may be easily slipped into position for use. I preferably provide the arms with a cover 0, of rubber or other similar material of anon-slipping character, preferably in the form of a tube, which will aid in holding the device in operative osition. The body of the device is provi ed with a pair of projections (1, located in the general plane of the other parts of the article described above, and these in turn are provided with extensions d, extending, preferably, at right angles to the body of the arti The device may be made by taking a. strand of wire, bending it in the center so as to form a double wir and then bending this double wire into the general form indicated in the drawings. One of the projections d is formed upon one of the strands of wire and the other upon the other, and the two wires are preferably twisted together at the back to form the body of the device. It will be seen that in addition to the fact that these projections engage the sleeve the outer ends of the two arms engage the bottom of the sleeve or cuff and assist in holding itup.

In use the device is slipped onto the forearm, as shown in Fig. 1, and the sleeveengaged in it. The manner in which it holds the sleeve will be obvious.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. As an article of manufacture a sleeve and cuff holder having two curved arms adapted to grasp the forearm of a wearer, said curved arms being provided with a pair of outwardlv-extending ends for assisting the operation of applying the holder to the forearm and en aging the front edge of a sleeve or cuff, said holde: being provided with a projection extending at an angle to the body of the holder and adapted to engage the front edge of a sleeve or cuff and also to engage the outer surface of the same.

2. As an article of manufacture a sleeve and cuff holder having a curved body, a pair of outwardly-extending curved arms, one on each side the body and connected there.- with, each arm being provided with a nonslipping covering, whereby the holder is adapted to be securely held in position on the forearm of a wearer, said arms extending outwardly for the purpose of engaging the front edge of a sleeve or cuff, the holder also being rovided with a plurality of outwardlyexten ing projections in the plane of the holder, said projections having extensions projecting therefrom at an angle to the plane of the holder, said projections and extensions being adapted to engage the front edge of the outer surface of a sleeve or cuff.-

3. As an article of manufacture, a sleeve or cuff holder, comprising a piece of 'doubled wire having a body, and arms extending therefrom, said arms converging slightly toward each other near their outer ends, where by they are adapted to hold the holder on the ole and adapted to engage the edge of the; -orearm of a wearer by the resiliency of the sleeve.

" wire of which they are made, the arms also projecting beyond the point at whichthey clasp the arm of the wearer in order to afford means for engaging the end of a sleeve or cuff, the device also being provided with means for engaging the outside of the sleeve or cuff.

4. As a new article of manufacture a sleeve and cuff holder having a curved body, a curved arm extending from the body on each side thereof, said arms ext ling outwardly at their ends, and the holdei also being provided with a plurality of outwardlyextend* ing projections in the plane of the holder, each of said projections having an extension projecting therefrom substantially at right angles to the plane of the holder.

5'. As a new article of manufacture a sleeve and cufl" holder, having means for clasping the forearm of a wearer, and provided with means for assisting in the operation ofapplying it to the forearm and for engaging the front edgelof a sleeve or cufi, said last-named means com rising a pair of ends extendin outwardly roin the arms of the holder, sa1 holder also being provided with additional means for engaging the front edge of a sleeve or cuff and the outer surface of the same, said last-named means comprising pro ect1ons extending substantially at. right angles to-the body of the holder.

In testimony whereof I; have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLINTON H. OVERMAN.

Witnesses:

ALVARIS S. APPLEMAN, JESSE K. FosrER. 

